THE EVENIT OF THE Y EARS STRATFORD'S REAL FBRST DAY OUT. EttSftlfl AND MONSTER GARDI (In Aid of the Stratford Volunteer Fire Brigade.) tm mm^yt «« r , MARCH 12. A Day of Fun. Forget your Business for the Day and Enjoy Yourselves. ENDLESS COMPETITIONS AND SIDE SHOWS. irai tITSUI AGES—I to 3 months, 3 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, and 9to 12 months; Entry fee Is. First-Glass Trophies. Five IMien Aside. Entry 1s per man. —First prize £5. GRAND MARCH AMD MAYPOLE DANCE By the Stratford School Children. PROGRAMME:
Sack Race—Entry Is. Trophy ss, and 2s 6d. Motor Cycle Slow Race —Entry Is (id. Trophy 1 tin benzine, 2nd sparking plug. 220Yds Poster Race —Entry Is. Trophy value 7s 6d and ss. Apple Race for Cyclists—Entry Is. Ist Trophy value 7s 6d, 2nd 4s. Obstacle ant! Poster Race for Motorists (for motor cycles).—Entry Is. Trophy value 7s 6d and 4s Human Wheelbarrow Race (50yds)— Entry Is. Trophy value 5s and 2s 6d. Married Ladies' Race—Entry free. Trophy valued 7s 6d. Tradesmen's Handicap—Entry Is. Trophy value ss. Hunters''Jumping Competition (open) —Each horse not to carry less than 12st. over-such jumps as the Stewards shall decide. First prize, five guinea cup; 2nd, Mr A. J. Dnvey's trophy, value £1 Is. Entry 7s 6d. Maiden Hunters' Competition.— Open to all horses that have not won a jumping or steeplechase competition, each horse to carry not less than list, over such jumps as the Stewards shall decide. First prize, cup value £3 3s; 2nd, Mr E Mason's trophy, value £1 Is. Apple Bobbing Race for Horses.— Ride 100yds, dismount, pick up apple out" of water by mouth, remount, and ride 50yds. Entry 2s. First prize, trophy, value £1 Is. Wrestling on Horseback.— Entry Is. Trophy value 5s and 2s 6d. Sun and' Ginger Beer Race (for Cadets)— Entry 6d. Trophy value 5s and 2s Gd. 7ug-of-War on Horseback (I a-side, for Mounted Territorials)— Entry Is per man. Trophy value £l. 25Yds Apple Race—Entry Is. Trophy 5s and 2s. Veterans' Race—Entry Is. trophy value 10s.
Races for the Children throughout the day. Hosts of toys. Ladies' Nail-driving and Sawing; Amusement Tents, Jack Johnsons, Riding the Barrel. Special engagement of Madam Vwlini, direct from Auckland and St. Louis Exhibitions, the great palmist and phrenologist. Come and get your head read. Motor Railway, Donkey Rides, Lolly, Tco cream, Soft drinks, Flower Fruit, and Doll Stalls, Fairy Wells, Pillow fights and Turk's heads, Etc. GRAND PARAD! AT 3 p.m. GRAND TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION, CONCERT and DAMGE in the Town Hall in the Evening. Entries for events close at Mr Moon's Shop on Saturday, Marsh 7th, at 6 p.m. £1 Is !f you catch the Man with the Magic Thumb. CEO. J. BRADLEY, Hon. Secretary.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1914, Page 8
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